John O'Brien
Senior Producer, All Things Considered
About
John O’Brien is KUOW's All Things Considered Senior Producer. He spends his days setting up interviews with newsmakers on subjects from politics and public health to arts and culture. John learned to make radio starting in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation with Ross Reynolds.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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How labor movements shape the fight for living-wage employment
When it comes to the future of good jobs and a contented workforce in the United States, the outlook is tenuous at best. Workers left in the wake of...
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A farm, a barn, and a handful of talks by really smart people
The 8th Smoke Farm Symposium featured talks by professor Tanya Erzen, writer and filmmaker Charles Mudede, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Ken...
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Washington Republicans debate the 'Trump effect’
He came. He saw. He won the nomination. What does Donald Trump’s unique form of Republicanism mean for the party faithful in our state? KUOW and...
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What does it mean to manage nature in our national parks?
In 1972 a young man named Harry Walker was killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. The subsequent wrongful death trial focused on whether...
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Building the relationship you want with your children, intentionally
Sharon Ballantine is a life and parenting coach and the author of “The Art of Blissful Parenting.” In it she writes about the ways parents can build...
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A father's love letter in the wake of cancer
In his new memoir, “Falling: A Daughter, A Father, and a Journey Back," author Elisha Cooper recalls how he and his family faced and survived his...
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'Society is psychologically abusing children' by restricting their freedom, researcher says
Parents: Would you let your 5-year-old wander around as he liked? What about at 10 years? 12? That was Dr. Peter Gray’s experience growing up in the...
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What’s in a namesake? The enigma of Chief Si’ahl
The first thing to know about Chief Seattle is how he pronounced his name. Skagit elder Vi Hilbert pronounced it for HistoryLink (18 seconds): Chief...
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Get drawn into tales from Federal Way's PowellsWood Storytelling Festival
Did you love listening to stories when you were a kid? Of course you did. The art of a good tale, well told, has the power to draw us in, transport,...
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Ask a Muslim, close the knowledge gap
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today. In 2010, researchers counted 1.6 billion Muslims around the globe; approximately 23 percent of the world population.